Arts & Culture ‘Design is not a single thing,’ and these projects prove it Complexity a common theme in GSD students’ option studios Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer September 29, 2026 4 min read Sarah Whiting. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Students at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design don’t just apply their knowledge in the classroom — they tackle real-world challenges facing communities across the world, including in advanced “option studios,” where innovations in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning and design are among this year’s projects. “Design is not a single thing,” said Dean Sarah Whiting during a kickoff event this month. “It’s not a single technique...